Attn: Horror-minded writerfolk (pro/am)

[lagilman]

The Campaign for Real Fear has begun...

Send us your best 500-word story that explores horror in the 21st century. We want diversity of characters and themes, and beginner or pro can enter.

The top ten stories will be published in Black Static, and podcast by Action Audio.

(via Maura McHugh/splinister)

Comments

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up!

[mt-yvr.livejournal.com]

Oh my. (ponders)

[cepetit.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

I'm feeling particularly concise. Since true horror is as much about implication as it is about loving descriptions of bodily fluids splattered about, I offer this two-word horror story that depicts all too much about 21st century horror:

President Quayle.
(and that's only half in jest).

No, I'm not feeling particularly sarcastic today; that's about normal.

— CEP

[lagilman]

bzzzt, failure to read submission guidelines, automatic Fail...

(IOW, don't post it here, man! Post it THERE!)

Sheesh. Lawyers.

[cepetit.myopenid.com (from livejournal.com)]

It was intended for general amusement, not for the contest; any contest entry will be a lot scarier (like the time that, as in-house counsel at Publisher X, my Halloween costume was "litigator", and I offered subpoenas to the trick-or-treaters).